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Natural Hazards: Coastal Erosion, Inundation and Sea-Level Rise
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Natural Hazards: Coastal Erosion, Inundation and Sea-Level Rise

A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Oceanography".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 3265

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Kendra Dresback

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School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Interests: hydrodynamic modeling of coastal seas and oceans; coupled meteorological/hydrologic/hydraulic model systems for coastal flooding; high-performance computing; computational fluid dynamics and environmental fluid mechanics and finite element methods; algorithm development for finite element methods; applications in riverine environments for hydrodynamic and hydraulic models
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Dr. Christine M. Szpilka

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School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Interests: application and development of coupled hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling systems for riverine and coastal flooding during extreme events; algorithmic and automated I/O process improvements for coupled models; algorithmic improvements for modeling of physical processes in computational fluid dynamics (groundwater, coastal hydrodynamics, hydrology); discontinuous finite element solution methods

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As natural hazards (i.e., hurricanes, tropical storms, cyclones, nor’easters) within coastal zones increase in intensity and frequency due to climate change, it can lead to increased coastal inundation along with significant coastal erosion due to inundation and wave heights. Furthermore, many coastal zones will continue to be affected by sea-level rise and the increased inundation that it will bring to these regions. Coastal erosion, inundation and sea-level rise can also impact the water quality (and ecosystem balance) in coastal zones by introducing either saline water from the estuarine areas further inland or freshwater from the inland areas further downstream into the estuarine areas. 

In this Special Issue, prospective authors are invited to submit papers on a wide range of topic areas on natural hazards and their impacts on coastal erosion, inundation, and sea-level rise, including but not limited to:

  • Coastal response and resilience to climate change
  • Modeling of coupled systems that address coastal erosion, inundation, and/or sea-level rise
  • Nowcast/forecast modeling systems that can capture coastal erosion, inundation, and/or sea-level rise
  • Wave and sediment transport modeling to evaluate coastal erosion issues
  • Effects of sea-level rise on the resilience of coastal zones
  • Water quality issues that arise due to coastal erosion or sea-level rise in the coastal transition zone
  • Machine learning or data assimilation that brings in coastal inundation and/or sea-level rise
  • Modeling of the riverine/coastal coupling to capture inundation in the coastal transition zone

Dr. Kendra Dresback
Dr. Christine M. Szpilka
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate change
  • natural hazards
  • coastal erosion
  • sea-level rise
  • inundation
  • water quality
  • waves and sediment transport
  • estuarine and coastal transition zones

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Spatial Design Thinking in Coastal Defence Systems: Overtopping Dikes in Southend-On-Sea
by Luca Iuorio, Davide Wüthrich, Djimin Teng and Fransje Hooimeijer
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(1), 121; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jmse12010121 - 08 Jan 2024
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Coastal dikes have been built for millennia to protect inhabited lands from exceptional high tides and storm events. Currently, many European countries are developing specific programs to integrate the construction of new dikes (or the raising of existing ones) into the built environment [...] Read more.
Coastal dikes have been built for millennia to protect inhabited lands from exceptional high tides and storm events. Currently, many European countries are developing specific programs to integrate the construction of new dikes (or the raising of existing ones) into the built environment to face sea level rising. Technical difficulties in succeeding in this operation are questioning the paradigm of protection for the long term, pointing out the need for alternative strategies of adaptation that are not yet fully explored. This paper elaborates on innovative models to deal with coastal flooding, presenting the results of an interdisciplinary research and design process for the case-study of Southend-on-Sea (UK). Detailed numerical simulations are used to develop a spatial strategy to accommodate water during extreme events, introducing different prototypes of dike designs that include seawalls, enhanced roughness through rock and stepped revetments, as well as vegetation. The overall goal is to push forward the traditional approach of planning water protection infrastructure within the solely field of civil engineering. It elaborates on the integration of the disciplines of spatial design and engineering and presents novel advances in terms of spatial design for the revetment of overtopping dikes. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Natural Hazards: Coastal Erosion, Inundation and Sea-Level Rise)
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Coastal Flood Risk Assessment: An Approach to Accurately Map Flooding through National Registry-Reported Events
by Erik Kralj, Peter Kumer and Cécil J. W. Meulenberg
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(12), 2290; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jmse11122290 - 02 Dec 2023
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The escalating frequency and severity of climate-related hazards in the Mediterranean, particularly in the historic town of Piran, Slovenia, underscore the critical need for enhanced coastal flood prediction and efficient early warning systems. This study delves into the impediments of available coastal flood [...] Read more.
The escalating frequency and severity of climate-related hazards in the Mediterranean, particularly in the historic town of Piran, Slovenia, underscore the critical need for enhanced coastal flood prediction and efficient early warning systems. This study delves into the impediments of available coastal flood hazard maps and the existing early warning system, which rely on distant sensors, neglecting the town’s unique microclimate. The current study leverages the public registry maintained by the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (URSZR), an underutilized resource for generating comprehensive and accurate flooding maps for Piran. Here, we show that in the historic town of Piran, floodings reported through the national registry can be used to map coastal flooding by means of verification and validation of the georeferenced reports therein, with subsequent correlation analysis (hotspot, cluster, and elevation polygons) that show temporal and spatial patterns. The innovative approach adopted in this study aims to bolster the accuracy and reliability of flooding data, offering a more nuanced understanding of flood patterns (in Piran, but generally applicable where national or regional registries are available). The findings of this research illuminate the pressing need for localized field-report and sensor systems to enhance the precision of flood predictions. The study underscores the pivotal role of accurate, localized data in fortifying coastal towns against the escalating impacts of climate change, safeguarding both the inhabitants and the invaluable architectural heritage of historic areas. Full article
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Atmospheric Wind and Pressure-Driven Changes in Tidal Characteristics over the Northwestern European Shelf
by Jack Challis, Déborah Idier, Guy Wöppelmann and Gaël André
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(9), 1701; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jmse11091701 - 29 Aug 2023
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Understanding drivers of tidal change is a key challenge in predicting coastal floods in the next century. Whilst interactions between tides and atmospheric surges have been studied, the effects of wind and pressure on tides on an annual scale over the Northwestern European [...] Read more.
Understanding drivers of tidal change is a key challenge in predicting coastal floods in the next century. Whilst interactions between tides and atmospheric surges have been studied, the effects of wind and pressure on tides on an annual scale over the Northwestern European shelf have not been investigated. Here, a modelling approach using the shallow water MARS model is carried out to understand and quantify meteorological effects on tidal characteristics. The model setup is validated against the GESLA 3 tide gauge database. Combined and relative influences of wind and pressure are investigated using four modelling scenarios: tide only; tide, wind, and pressure; tide and wind; and tide and pressure. Influences are investigated using a single year of tidal forcing, and across multiple years of meteorological data to examine the sensitivity to temporally changing meteorological conditions. It is found that meteorology influences tidal constituent amplitudes by +/−1 cm, yielding changes that may locally reach 15 cm in the predicted highest tide. Analysis of the shallow water equations show three non-linear interaction terms between tide, wind, and pressure (advective effects, quadratic parameterization of bottom friction, and shallow water effect). Part of the observed changes is shown to arise from meteorologically induced mean sea-level changes. Full article
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